Male born in 2014. He was found abandoned the same year in Dire Dawa town by a policeman named Bayush Girma. He was adopted to the USA in June 2015 through Adoption Associates (MI, USA) via Engida Hitsinat Merja Mahiber.

Submitted by Adoptive Parent searching for Child’s Ethiopian Family

Child’s Information

Age of Child in Photo: 6 months

Gender of Child male

Additional information about child’s ethnicity From Dire Dawa

Year of child’s birth 2014

Ethiopian birth Name of Child Yohannes

Name of child at the time of adoption Yohannes

Age when child entered care center or orphanage 0-12 months

Year child entered a care center or orphanage 2014

Age of child at adoption 1year

Year child was adopted 2015

Number of siblings/cousins adopted with the child 0

Number of siblings/cousins adopted to other families 0

Adoption Agency Information

Adoption agency through which the child was processed Adoption Associates (MI, USA)

Ethiopian representative of adoption agency Alemu

Other adoption agency workers Sisay, Sally

Country to which the child was adopted USA

Orphanage/care center #1

Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Engida Hitsinat Merja Mahiber

Region of orphanage or care center Dire Dawa Region

Zone of orphanage or care center Dire Dawa – Dire Dawa Region

City/Town of orphanage or care center Dire Dawa

Orphanage/care center #2

Orphanage or care center through which the child was processed Engida Hitsinat Merja Mahiber